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Three Venezuelans Deported After Suing Trump to Block Transfer to Guantánamo

HeadlineFeb 18, 2025

Three Venezuelan immigrants who won a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration blocking their transfer to Guantánamo were deported Monday.

In recent weeks, dozens of Venezuelans have been flown to the U.S. naval prison in Cuba as Trump claims to be targeting the “worst of the worst.” But new reports show many of the at least 150 Venezuelan immigrants now imprisoned at Guantánamo had never been convicted of violent crimes

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